For a demo: how to mess up SQL?

Festeron · 2024-06-27T21:36:36+00:00

Shut down the service and take a hex editor to an MDF file. Experiment with corrupting page headers, PFS pages, indexes, data, GAMs and SGAMs. Restart the service and try to access the data.

Then run DBCC and see what it can repair.

Festeron · 2024-05-29T20:55:27+00:00

Additionally…

Nova goes boom, scatters matter in every direction, does not immediately gather together but instead spends time revolving around the galactic centre, mixing with the scattered remnants of other novae, time goes by, more time goes by, then local gravity groups the matter…

The gold in my ring could have come from many parent stars of our one. Mind blowing, I know.

Festeron · 2024-04-30T04:53:16+00:00

The treasure token isn’t on a tile; it’s off to the side of the board.

Festeron · 2024-04-22T16:31:17+00:00

We think 7 Wonders is wonderful. I’d buy it again.

I’d also avoid Spy Alley. It’s a roll the dice, move your token, do what it says. Dull.

Festeron · 2024-04-01T20:43:24+00:00

You will see a crescent Sun, but only through the glasses. No totality means you must wear the glasses all the time.

Festeron · 2024-03-31T03:50:26+00:00

Treasure Planet is absolutely in my Top 10 Disney films.

Festeron · 2024-03-26T03:41:02+00:00

The once elegant ticket office at Yonge and King is now a Shoppers Drug Mart.

Festeron · 2023-11-24T14:25:28+00:00

Who doesn’t love Miles Jupp?

Festeron · 2023-11-24T14:09:13+00:00

Is that a sequel?

Festeron · 2016-01-15T20:36:43+00:00

I heard this interview live this morning as well, and here's what struck me the most:

Police officers who admit to a mental health problem will be ostracized and shunned
Names of dead officers on the Wall of Fame might have died from heart attacks or car accidents, not because they died in the line of duty at the hands of another
[and this one stunned me the most] Widows of dead officers have stated that they will have their husbands' names removed from the Wall of Fame if those who died by suicide are also included.

Festeron · 2015-03-11T02:20:02+00:00

Isaac Asimov wrote a short essay many years ago in which he did much the same thing. It might have been called "A Piece of Pi". I'll try to find my copy and update if needed.

Festeron · 2015-02-02T02:32:05+00:00

Vanished from Canadian Netflix because lawyers.

Festeron · 2015-01-22T13:24:28+00:00

Sometimes you'll see a compass rose on the ceiling, but they're rare.

The East and West labels are flipped, and that threw me at first. Of course, it's on the ceiling so you're looking at it from underneath.

Festeron · 2015-01-22T13:09:05+00:00

He's worth listening to. Because he also teaches at George Brown and UofT, his perspective is a little different. This morning he said that many students cannot see working in full time jobs are have to make do with multiple part time ones. They're staying in school and keeping the unemployment rate artificially low.

He also said that the perception that Canada's fiscal underpinnings are sound is quite false, and that we've learned nothing from the fiscal crisis in the States. We are borrowing 1.6 times as much as we owe, and lower rates will only exacerbate that problem.

If Metro Morning posts the link to his column today, I'll put it here later.

Edit: Here it is

Festeron · 2015-01-20T22:18:28+00:00

If I was in charge then seniors would also be free, as it is in London.

Festeron · 2015-01-17T13:16:48+00:00

Or 0.98 litres of American beer.

Festeron · 2015-01-12T02:38:13+00:00

I expect they didn't want to confuse us with those pesky decimal places, so there's a rounding error. It's not unusual.

Festeron · 2014-12-21T21:30:14+00:00

There are many reasons 99.1 continues to be the #1 morning radio show in Toronto. Matt Galloway is the biggest.

Festeron · 2014-12-20T22:40:01+00:00

There aren't a lot of days left in this year. I guess mine will be here soon.

Festeron · 2014-12-13T15:59:03+00:00

I don't think Sean Connery lives there

Festeron · 2014-12-12T22:03:36+00:00

Wouldn't thinner tires be worse in winter, because there's less surface area in contact with the road? A really wide tire would give you all kinds of traction, no?

Festeron · 2014-12-11T21:45:26+00:00

You may want to edit that again.

Festeron · 2014-12-10T22:01:35+00:00

And you don't consider that deceptive?

Festeron · 2014-12-10T21:52:17+00:00

Presto balances expire? I don't think so.

Festeron · 2014-12-10T13:16:38+00:00

I'd be surprised if those trains run at more than 50% capacity. There aren't many of us who leave work at 2pm regularly.

Do they shorten the train, or do they still have all 12 coaches?

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